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Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all of your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
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Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
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They will lend money to you. But you won't be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
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The LORD your God will send all of those curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They'll catch up with you. You will be under the LORD's curse until you are destroyed. That's because you didn't obey him. You didn't keep the commands and rules he gave you.
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Those curses will remain as miraculous signs and wonders against you and your children after you forever.
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You didn't serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
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So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The LORD will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
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The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won't understand that nation's language.
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Its people will look mean. They won't have any respect for old people. They won't show any kindness to young people.
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They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They'll eat up the crops on your land. They'll destroy you. They won't leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won't leave you any calves or lambs. They'll destroy you.
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They'll surround all of the cities through your whole land. They'll get ready to attack them. They'll do those things until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That's what will happen to the cities in the land the LORD your God is giving you.